The 'Four Principles' of Western Medical Bioethics and the Bioethics of Shīʿī Islam in Iran—Is the Claim of Universality by Both Justified?

The four principles of Western medical bioethics, i.e., autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice, published by Beauchamps and Childress in their seminal ‘Principles of Biomedical Ethics’, are understood as universal. However, Non-Western governments argue that they refer to Western cultural...

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Authors: Plöckinger, Ursula (Author) ; Auga, Ulrike 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B Shīʿī Islam
B common morality
B ontogeny of human morality
B medical bioethics
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